[English Etymology] *peig- "to cut, mark by incision"

*peig- "to cut, mark by incision."


Eng paint
   Old French peintier "to paint"
       peint   (past participle)
      peindre "to paint"
           Latin pingere "to paint, represent in a picture, stain; embroider, tattoo"


Latin pictura "painting" 
      pictus (past participle)
     pingere